King Edmund II of England (nicknamed Ironside for his military
prowess - born in about 990 AD), was the son of King Ethelred
II.

He was elected king of England by the population of London on
his father's death in 1016, but his rival, Canute the Great,
enjoyed greater support throughout the country.

He was eventually defeated by the Danes, and was allowed by
Canute to keep the kingdom of Wessex, on the understanding that
whichever of them survived the other would become ruler of the
whole of England.

Shortly after making this agreement, Edmund II died, on November
30, 1016, and was buried at Glastonbury. Some say he was stabbed
in the bowels while going to the privy.